Label: Magic If - MI31

Andrew Deutschを筆頭にSteve Roden、Machinefabriek、Tetsu Inoue等、サウンドアート系と深く交流するニューヨークのメディア・アーティストStephen Vitiello。Andrew Deutschの自主制作レーベルでお馴染みMagic IfからリリースされたプレスCD。小さなアンサンブル構成となっていますが、ミニマル且つ時折暴走気味？になる辺りはDeutschに繋がる部分があります。

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'A collaboration between American sound artist Stephen Vitiello and the Grammy award winning ensemble Eighth Blackbird. Molly Alicia Barth, flutes. Michael J. Maccaferri, clarinets. Matt Albert, violin & viola. Nicholas Photinos, cello. Matthew Duvall, percussion. Lisa Kaplan, piano. Stephen Vitiello, mixing, processing & field recordings. 'This project started with a commission from Eighth Blackbird and Ben Broening to create a multi-channel composition for the University Of Richmond's Third Practice Electroacoustic Music Festival. I wrote out a set of instructions for each musician and recorded them separately from the rest of the group. The first sessions with Molly, Michael, Nick and Lisa. I started to work with their sounds, layering, processing, adding and eliminating elements until I found something that felt musical and spatial. The instructions were simple: play a pattern of 3 notes, play the sound of an animal, etc. interpretation was wide open. Molly played the sound of a charging baby boar on her flute. Lisa played a short pattern on the piano that I used over and over again. Following the premiere of 'rush', I did another session with Matthew and Matt. This resulted in 'one violin'. From there I just kept on going with the sounds I had recorded to produce the rest of the record.' Stephen Vitiello